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Plowing in South Carolina / from a sketch by Jas. E. Taylor. – Antique Wall Art

Plowing in South Carolina / from a sketch by Jas. E. Taylor., 1866 Oct. 20. — antique engraving
Plowing in South Carolina / from a sketch by Jas. E. Taylor., 1866 Oct. 20.. Antique engraving from the Barns & Farms collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare antique engraving captures Plowing in South Carolina / from a sketch by Jas. E. Taylor. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Plowing in South Carolina / from a sketch by Jas. E. Taylor.

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A plow turning South Carolina soil is the subject of this wood engraving, drawn from a sketch by James E. Taylor. It appeared in *Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper* on October 20, 1866, on page 76. The scene dates from the months after the Civil War and the end of slavery, when Black farmers across the South were working land under new and often uncertain terms. Illustrated weeklies like Leslie's used rural scenes like this one to show readers the postwar countryside, and the print preserves a record of field labor and farm tools from that period.

Created / published1866 Oct. 20.
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870.
NotesTitle from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 23, no. 577 (1866 October 20), p. 76.
SubjectsAfrican Americans--South Carolina--1860-1870. Plowing--South Carolina--1860-1870. Farming--South Carolina--1860-1870. Freedmen--South Carolina--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,256 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-209760

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